You won’t hear Jared Rosholt say a bad thing about former opponent Walt Harris. After all, he knows he was probably just a few punches away from the fighters swapping their current spots.

For Rosholt (10-1 MMA, 2-0 UFC), his spot is one on the UFC heavyweight roster, with a perfect 2-0 UFC mark and a Saturday co-headliner with rising heavyweight contender Soa Palelei (21-3 MMA, 3-1 UFC). Their UFC Fight Night 43 co-headliner streams on UFC Fight Pass from Vector Arena in Auckland, New Zealand.

Harris’ current spot, meanwhile, is on the regional circuit, where he’s hoping to rebuild his resume for a return trip to the UFC, where he recently went 0-2 before his release.

Rosholt and Harris met in November at The Ultimate Fighter 18 Finale. Rosholt survived an early onslaught of punches to rally and get the decision win. However, he knows Harris, who recently knocked out D.J. Linderman at Titan FC 28, could have been in his shoes instead.

“You kind of feel bad for guys like that,” Rosholt recently told MMAjunkie Radio. “He didn’t get much of a chance, and I really thought after that fight I had with him that he’d come back strong in that fight with (Nikita) Krylov and beat him, no problem.

” … It’s unfortunate. That’s the sport. Anything can happen at any time. You just don’t know. I feel kind of bad for him. But yeah, I feel really good about the opportunities I have right now, being lucky and being prepared.”

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